The MA Fine Art at Middlesex offers artists time and resources to explore and develop their artistic practice within a flexible research-led course featuring some of the best art facilities in London and expert guidance from a range of leading artists and curators attached to the course.

On our MA in Fine Art you will explore the creative, cultural, political and social questions of art practice. The course offers the opportunity to further your knowledge and skills by undertaking a systematic and comprehensive major body of work. The course welcomes students who work across a range of disciplines that include painting, sculpture, photography and film, printmaking, installation, sound, performance, 'event' making and other relational and socially engaged practices.

Entry Requirements

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Curriculum

Modules

Developing Practice

Advanced Research Skills

Contexts: Materials and Methods

Contexts: Critical Review

Positioning your Research

Studio and Exhibition

Major Project

Critical Debates

In this module you'll explore the key concepts, ideas, issues and research methodologies relating to the practice and theory of fine art. With particular focus on the cultural and social contexts within your chosen discipline, you'll produce a portfolio of critical responses to contemporary debates in research and professional practice. These sessions are led by eminent thinkers, practitioners and published writers on the staff team. - Term 1 (30 credits)

Studio and Exhibition

In this module you'll explore different strategies for curating an exhibition, whether as part of a group showcase or at an individually chosen location, with a critical report on how the exhibition was executed and received. Crucially, the findings and learnings from this module will inform your final Major Project in Term 3. – Term 2 (30 credits)

Advanced Research

In this module you will examine a diverse range of advanced approaches to fine art research using both historical and contemporary sources. You will explore the work of practitioners and scholars in your chosen area of fine art and the contemporary research problems they encounter. – Term 2 (30 credits)

Major Project

Using research methodologies, concepts and processes previously explored in the course you will be guided in evaluating relationships between theory and practice. You will produce a portfolio or public exhibition of a substantial body of practice supported by critical and reflective written work that demonstrate your credentials as an artist. – Term 3 (60 credits)

Careers

This course will prepare you for a diverse range of careers within the art and creative industries, both in the UK and internationally. Our MA Fine Art graduates are recognised worldwide for their exceptional skills and achievements with many going on to exhibit, participate in residency programmes, practise as artists in the community, and pursue careers as teachers and curators or progress into further study.

Some of our most successful fine art alumni include: